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saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:03 PM May 2020

"What if Trump refused to lose?"

All 2020 election results must be monitored and verified. Unless Vlad and rumpie are "under the weather", expect massive interference. imo

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polls-now-show-biden-defeating-trump-in-the-2020-election-but-what-if-trump-refused-to-lose-2020-05-20?mod=opinion

Opinion: Polls now show Biden defeating Trump in the 2020 election, but what if Trump refused to lose?
Published: May 21, 2020 at 1:32 p.m. ET
By Chris Edelson

Presidential election must be held in November, and results must be honored by both candidates
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"What if Trump refused to lose?" (Original Post) saidsimplesimon May 2020 OP
"What if..?" Of course Trump will refuse to accept the outcome if he loses. sop May 2020 #1
He will refuse to acknowledge his loss. Not the same thing as refusing to lose. niyad May 2020 #2
Hand cuffs or white jacket with really really long arms would be in order aeromanKC May 2020 #3
I agree. At my age, saidsimplesimon May 2020 #11
Back a tow truck up to the White House and cart him off. jalan48 May 2020 #4
My deceased father saidsimplesimon May 2020 #10
He should be resting comfortably....... MyOwnPeace May 2020 #13
Better make it a cattle truck. lastlib May 2020 #22
Well If People Stop Trying To Instill Fear In Everyone Me. May 2020 #5
We have no reason to fear. saidsimplesimon May 2020 #7
I don't expect he will concede, OR attend the inauguration of Joe Biden Siwsan May 2020 #6
I'm hoping for a total meltdown Yonnie3 May 2020 #8
Oh yeah! Endless tweets, tv appearance rants, threats, try to mobilize the cultists to violence... Thomas Hurt May 2020 #12
Yes, Thomas saidsimplesimon May 2020 #15
He would be just.that.petty in not attending the Inaugural, Totally Tunsie May 2020 #21
Invite him--but lastlib May 2020 #23
loser45 will whine, of course. so what? why should we care what loser says? bye-bye 1-20-2021 unblock May 2020 #9
It doesn't matter what he says. Bleacher Creature May 2020 #14
Biden needs to garner 300 plus EV to make it official Trump loses... ProudMNDemocrat May 2020 #16
Trump and his people trying to interfere with presidential succession? -- Way too hard. Girard442 May 2020 #17
he'd be evicted the first time he left to play golf? Skittles May 2020 #18
He has pissed off enough Generals texasfiddler May 2020 #19
Up next: "Can I refuse to stop driving when police order me to pull over? or when I'm out of gas?" struggle4progress May 2020 #20
He's already refusing ornotna May 2020 #24
But Your OP Does That Me. May 2020 #25
In the final Hillary/Trump debate in 2016, NameAlreadyTaken May 2020 #26

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
10. My deceased father
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:19 PM
May 2020

always dreamed of driving a horse drawn cart filled with manure to dump on the White House lawn.

MyOwnPeace

(16,920 posts)
13. He should be resting comfortably.......
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:25 PM
May 2020

its even better than he wished - it is living inside OUR White House.................

Me.

(35,454 posts)
5. Well If People Stop Trying To Instill Fear In Everyone
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:13 PM
May 2020

Thus depressing the vote, we should be able to get rid of him.

Yonnie3

(17,422 posts)
8. I'm hoping for a total meltdown
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:16 PM
May 2020

Then all that is needed is several wet-n-dry vacuums to remove him from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
12. Oh yeah! Endless tweets, tv appearance rants, threats, try to mobilize the cultists to violence...
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:23 PM
May 2020

and then being dragged bodily from WH and tossed into the gutter or his personal limo whichever is easier.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
21. He would be just.that.petty in not attending the Inaugural,
Thu May 21, 2020, 06:27 PM
May 2020

and I agree that's very possible.

When Chump is finally done with his term, he'll be nothing more than an unfortunate trivia question.

lastlib

(23,167 posts)
23. Invite him--but
Thu May 21, 2020, 06:34 PM
May 2020

make him sit beside President Obama's portrait.

(I was going to say "make him sit beside Obama, but that's NO way to treat PRESIDENT OBAMA!)

Bleacher Creature

(11,254 posts)
14. It doesn't matter what he says.
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:28 PM
May 2020

If Biden is declared the winner by the electoral college, he'll be sworn in at noon on 1/20/21. At that point Trump becomes a private citizen.

The only way Trump could mess things up is if he could convince the military or secret service to forcibly keep him on as President, which is never going to happen.

Girard442

(6,066 posts)
17. Trump and his people trying to interfere with presidential succession? -- Way too hard.
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:36 PM
May 2020

Much easier to mess with the opposition's campaign. How far Trump is willing to go would depend on how desperate he is.

NameAlreadyTaken

(976 posts)
26. In the final Hillary/Trump debate in 2016,
Thu May 21, 2020, 06:44 PM
May 2020

Fox News Channel’s Chris Wallace asked Trump if he would honor the results of the election even if he lost.

“I will look at it at the time. I’m not looking at it now. What I’ve seen is so bad,” Trump responded.

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